Black Like Us

by Devon Carbado

  Fehret, Genevieve, and Robert G. O’Meally, eds., History and Memory in African American Culture (Oxford UP, 1994); includes Melvin Dixon.

  Gambone, Philip, ed., Something Inside: Conversations with Gay Fiction Writers (U of Wisconsin P, 1999); includes Randall Kenan.

  Gates, Beatrix, ed., The Wild Good: Lesbian Photographs and Writings on Love (Doubleday, 1996); includes Alexis DeVeaux.

  Gates, Henry Lewis, ed., Reading Black/Reading Feminist: A Critical Anthology (Meridian, 1990); includes Jewelle Gomez.

  Got to Be Real: Four Original Love Stories (New American Library, 2000); includes E. Lynn Harris.

  Guy-Sheftall, Beverly, ed., Words of Fire: An Anthology of African American Feminist Thought (New Press, 1995).

  Harper, Michael S., and Anthony Walton, Every Shut Eye Ain’t Asleep: An Anthology of Poetry by African Americans Since 1945 (Little, 1994); includes Melvin Dixon.

  Hemphill, Essex, ed., Brother to Brother: Collected Writings by Black Gay Men (Alyson, 1991); includes Melvin Dixon.

  Hull, Gloria T., Patricia Bell Scott, and Barbara Smith, eds., All the Women Are White, All the Blacks Are Men but Some of Us Are Brave: Black Women’s Studies (Feminist, 1982). Hunter, Michael, ed., Sojourner: Black Gay Voices in the Age of AIDS (Other Countries,

  Hunter, Michael, ed., Sojourner: Black Gay Voices in the Age of AIDS (Other Countries, 1993); includes Melvin Dixon, Thomas Glave, and Bil Wright.

  1993); includes Melvin Dixon, Thomas Glave, and Bil Wright. Lee, C. Allison, and Makeda Silvera, eds., Pearls of Passion: A Treasury of Lesbian Erotica (Sister Vision, 1995).

  Lowenthal, Michael, ed., Flesh and the Word 4: Gay Erotic Confessionals (Plume, 1997); includes Canaan Parker and Darieck Scott.

  Major, Clarence, ed., Calling the Wind: 20th Century African American Short Stories (Harper, 1992); includes Larry Duplechan.

  Mason-Johnson, Valerie, and Ann Khambatta, eds., Lesbians Talk: Making Black Waves (Scarlet, 1994).

  Mason-Johnson, Valerie, ed., Talking Black: Lesbians of African and Asian Descent Speak Out (Cassell, 1995).

  Mass, Larry, ed., We Must Love One Another or Die: The Life and Loves of Larry Kramer (St. Martin’s, 1997); includes Canaan Parker.

  Mazer, Norman F., ed., Just a Writer’s Thing: A Collection of Prose and Poetry from the National Book Foundation 1995 Writing Camp (National Book Fdtn., 1996); includes Jacqueline Woodson.

  McKinley, Catherine E., and L. Joyce DeLaney, eds., Afrekete: An Anthology of Black Lesbian Writing (Anchor, 1995); includes Alexis DeVeaux, Jewelle Gomez, Helen Elaine Lee, and Jacqueline Woodson.

  McMillan, Terry, ed., Breaking Ice: An Anthology of Contemporary African American Fiction (Penguin, 1990); includes Becky Birtha, Steven Corbin, and Melvin Dixon.

  Mercer, Kobena, ed., Welcome to the Jungle: New Positions in Black Cultural Studies (Routledge, 1994).

  Moore, Lisa C., ed., Does Your Mama Know?: An Anthology of Black Lesbian Coming Out Stories (RedBone, 1997); includes Alexis DeVeaux, Jewelle Gomez, and Shay Youngblood.

  Morrow, Bruce, and Charles H. Rowell, eds., Shade: An Anthology of Fiction by Gay Men of African Descent (Avon, 1996); includes Melvin Dixon, Larry Duplechan, James Earl Hardy, Brian Keith Jackson, Randall Kenan, Darieck Scott, and Bil Wright.

  Muñoz, José Esteban, ed., Disidentifications: Queers of Color and the Performance of Politics (U of Minnesota P, 1999).

  Murphy, Timothy F., and Suzanne Poirier, eds., Writing AIDS: Gay Literature, Language, and Analysis (Columbia UP, 1993).

  Naylor, Gloria, ed., Children of the Night: The Best Short Stories by Black Women Writers, 1967 to the Present (Little, 1995); includes Thomas Glave, Jewelle Gomez, Randall Kenan, Helen Elaine Lee, and Shay Youngblood.

  Nelson, Emmanuel S., ed., Critical Essays: Gay and Lesbian Writers of Color (Harrington, 1994).

  Nestle, Joan, and Naomi Holoch, eds., Women on Women: An Anthology of Lesbian Short Fiction (Plume, 1990); includes Becky Birtha, Jewelle Gomez, and Jacqueline Woodson.

  Nestle, Joan, ed., The Persistent Desire: A Butch-Femme Reader (Alyson, 1992); includes Donna Allegra and Jewelle Gomez.

  Other Countries Collective, eds., Other Countries: Black Gay Voices (Other Countries, 1988).

  Patton, Cindy, and Benigno Sanchez-Eppler, eds., Queer Diasporas (Duke UP, 2000).

  Pilcher, Darryl, ed., Certain Voices: Short Stories About Gay Men (Alyson, 1991); includes Larry Duplechan.

  Preston, John, ed., Hometowns: Gay Men Write About Where They Belong (Alyson, 1991); includes Larry Duplechan.

  ———, ed., A Member of the Family: Gay Men Write About Their Families (Dutton, 1992); includes Larry Duplechan.

  Ratner, Rochelle, ed., Bearing Life: Women’s Writings on Childlessness (Feminist Press at CUNY, 2000); includes Becky Birtha.

  Reimonenq, Alden, ed., Milking Black Bull: 11 Black Gay Poets (Vega, 1995); includes Thomas Glave.

  Rizzo, Cindy, ed., All the Way Home: Parenting and Children in the Lesbian and Gay Community: A Collection of Short Fiction (New Victoria, 1995); includes Donna Allegra.

  Robotham, Rosemarie, ed., The Bluelight Corner: Black Women Writing on Passion, Sex and Romantic Love (Three Rivers, 1999); includes Helen Elaine Lee.

  Rowell, Charles H., ed., Ancestral House: The Black Short Story in the Americas and Europe (Westview, 1995); includes Helen Elaine Lee.

  Ruff, Shawn Stewart, ed., Go the Way Your Blood Beats: An Anthology of Lesbian and Gay Fiction by African American Writers (Holt, 1996); includes Becky Birtha, E. Lynn Harris, Randall Kenan, and Jacqueline Woodson.

  Saint, Assotto, ed., The Road Before Us: 100 Black Gay Poets (Galiens, 1991); includes Melvin Dixon, Thomas Glave, and Bil Wright.

  ———, ed., Here to Dare: 10 Gay Black Poets (Galiens, 1992).

  Sherman, Charlotte Watson, ed., Sisterfire: Black Womanist Fiction and Poetry (Harper, 1994); includes Jewelle Gomez.

  Silvera, Makeda, ed., Piece of My Heart: A Lesbian of Colour Anthology (Sister Vision, 1992); includes Jewelle Gomez.

  Smith, Barbara, ed., Home Girls: A Black Feminist Anthology (Kitchen Table, 1983); includes Donna Allegra, Becky Birtha, Alexis DeVeaux, and Jewelle Gomez.

  Smith, Charles Michael, ed., Fighting Words: Personal Essays by Black Gay Men (Avon, 1999).

  Smith, Michael J., ed., Black Men/White Men: A Gay Anthology (Gay Sunshine, 1983); includes Larry Duplechan.

  Springer, Kimberly, ed., Still Lifting, Still Climbing: African American Women’s Contemporary Activism (New York UP, 1999).

  Stadler, Quandra Prettyman, ed., Out of Our Lives: A Selection of Contemporary Black Fiction (Howard UP, 1995).

  Stambolian, George, ed., Men on Men 2: Best New Gay Fiction (New American Library, 1988); includes Melvin Dixon.

  ———, ed., Men on Men 3: Best New Gay Fiction (Plume, 1990); includes Bil Wright. Taormino, Tristan, ed., Best Lesbian Erotica 1997, selected by Jewelle Gomez (Cleis, 1997).

  Taylor, Carol, ed., Brown Sugar: A Collection of Erotic Black Fiction (Plume, 2001); includes Marci Blackman.

  Thomas, Sheree, ed., Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora (Warner, 2001); includes Jewelle Gomez.

  Vega Studios, In Our Own Image: The Art of Black Male Photography (Vega, 1993).

  Walker, Rebecca, ed., To Be Real: Telling the Truth and Changing the Face of Feminism (Anchor, 1995).

  Washington, Mary Helen, ed., Midnight Birds: Stories by Contemporary Black Women Writers (Anchor, 1986); includes Alexis DeVeaux.

  ———, ed., Memory of Kin: Stories of Family by Black Writers (Doubleday, 1991); includes Alexis DeVeaux.

  White, Edmund, ed., Loss within Loss: Artists in the Age of AIDS (U of Wisconsin P, 2001); includes Randall Kenan.

  White, Evelyn C., ed., The Black Women’s Health Book (Seal, 1994).

  Whitmore, Suzanne, ed., Crossing the Color Line: Readings in Black and White (U of South Carolina P, 2000); includes Randall Kenan.

  Wideman, Daniel J., and Rothan B. Preston,
eds., Soulfires: Young Black Men on Love and Violence (Penguin, 1996).

  Wilkerson, Margaret B., 9 Plays by Black Women (Penguin, 1986); includes Alexis DeVeaux.

  Wing, Adrien Katherine, ed., Critical Race Feminism: A Reader (New York UP, 1997).

  Woodson, Jacqueline, ed., A Way Out of No Way: Writings about Growing Up Black in America (Ballantine, 1997); includes Randall Kenan.

  Yan, John, ed., Fetish: An Anthology of Fetish Fiction (Four Walls, 1998); includes Marci Blackman.

  Young, Kevin, ed., Giant Steps: The New Generation of African American Writers (Harper, 2000); includes Randall Kenan and Darieck Scott.

  Zahava, Irene, ed., Hear the Silence: Stories by Women of Myth, Magic, and Renewal (Crossing, 1986); includes Becky Birtha.

  ———, ed., Lavender Mansions: Forty Contemporary Lesbian and Gay Short Stories (Westview, 1994); includes Donna Allegra, Jewelle Gomez, and Shay Youngblood.

  Single Author Collections

  Allegra, Donna, Witness to the League of Blond Hip Hop Dancers: A Novella and Short Stories (Alyson, 2000).

  Barnett, LaShonda, Callaloo and Other Lesbian Love Tales (New Victoria, 1999).

  Belasco, Brothers of New Essex: Afro-Erotic Adventures (Cleis, 2000).

  Birtha, Becky, For Nights Like This One: Stories (Frog in the Well, 1983).

  ———, Lovers’ Choice: Stories (Seal, 1987).

  Boykin, Keith, Respecting the Soul: Daily Reflections for Black Lesbians and Gays (Avon, 1999).

  Brand, Dionne, Sans Souci and Other Stories (Firebrand, 1989).

  Cornwell, Anita, Black Lesbian in White America (Naiad, 1983).

  Dixon, Melvin, trans., The Collected Poems of Léopold Sédor Senghor (UP of Virginia, 1991).

  ———, The Collected Poetry (UP of Virginia, 1991).

  Glave, Thomas, Whose Song? and Other Stories (City Lights, 2000).

  Gomez, Jewelle, Forty-three Septembers: Essays (Firebrand, 1993).

  ———, Don’t Explain: Short Fiction (Firebrand, 1998).

  Hardy, James Earl, Back 2 Back: An Anthology Featuring the Bestsellers B-Boy Blues and 2nd Time Around (Alyson, 1994).

  Hemphill, Essex, Ceremonies: Prose and Poetry (Plume, 1992).

  Kenan, Randall, Let the Dead Bury the Dead (Harper, 1992).

  Kinard, Rupert, B. B. and the Diva (Alyson, 1992).

  Mann, G. B., Low-Hanging Fruit (Grape Vine, 1996).

  Morris, Kathleen E., Speaking in Whispers: African American Lesbian Erotica (Third Side, 1996).

  Reid-Pharr, Robert F., Black Gay Man: Essays (New York UP, 2001).

  Saint, Assotto, Spells of a Voodoo Doll: The Poems, Fiction, Essays, and Plays of Assotto Saint (Kasak, 1996).

  Schulman, Sarah, My American History: Lesbian and Gay Life During the Reagan/Bush Years (Routledge, 1994).

  Sedgwick, Eve Kosofsky, ed., Gary in Your Pocket: Stories and Notebooks of Gary Fisher (Duke UP, 1996).

  Silvera, Makeda, Remembering G. and Other Stories (Sister Vision, 1991).

  ———, Her Head: A Village and Other Stories (Press Gang, 1994).

  Smith, Barbara, The Truth That Never Hurts: Writings on Race, Gender, and Freedom (Rutgers UP, 1998).

  Vega, Men of Color: An Essay on the Black Male Couple in Prose, Illustrations, and Photographs (Vega, 1989).

  Youngblood, Shay, The Big Mama Stories (Firebrand, 1989).

  DRAMA

  DeVeaux, Alexis, Circles, 1973.

  ———, A Little Play and Whip Cream, 1973.

  ———, Tapestry, 1976.

  ———, The Fox Street War, 1979.

  ———, A Season to Unravel, 1979.

  ———, No, 1981.

  ———, Elbow Rooms, 1987.

  Wolfe, George C., Susan Birkenhead, and John Lahr, eds., Jelly’s Last Jam (Theatre Communication Group, 1993).

  Wolfe, George C., The Colored Museum (Grove, 1998).

  Youngblood, Shay, Shakin’ the Mess Outta Misery (Dramatic Pub., 1994).

  ———, Talking Bones (Dramatic Pub., 1994).

  ———, Amazing Grace, stage adaptation of the novel by Mary Hoffman (Dramatic Pub., 1998).

  FICTION

  Novels

  Baker, Nikki, In the Game: A Virginia Kelly Mystery (Naiad, 1991).

  Blackman, Marci, Po Man’s Child (Manic D, 1999).

  Blair, Alaric Wendell, The End of Innocence: A Journey into the Life (Writers Club, 2001).

  Boyd, Randy, Uprising (West Beach, 1998).

  ———, Bridge Across the Ocean (West Beach, 2000).

  Braithewaite, Lawrence Ytzhak, Wigger (Arsenal Pulp, 1995).

  ———, Ratz Are Nice (PSP) (Alyson, 2000).

  Brand, Dionne, In Another Place Not Here (Grove, 1997).

  ———, At the Full Change of the Moon (Grove, 2000).

  Bridgforth, Sharon, The Bull Jean Stories (RedBone, 1998).

  Brown, Laurinda D., Fire and Brimstone (Creative Enterprises, 2001).

  Butler, Octavia, Imago (Warner, 1989).

  Caminha, Adolfo, Bom-Crioulo: The Black Man and the Cabin Boy (Gay Sunshine, 1982).

  Carter, Dwayne, The Best Man (Ishai, 1999).

  Clay, Stanley Bennett, In Search of Pretty Young Black Men (SBC, 2001).

  Corbin, Steven, No Easy Place to Be (Simon, 1989).

  ———, Fragments That Remain (Alyson, 1993).

  ———, A Hundred Days from Now (Alyson, 1994).

  DeVeaux, Alexis, The Woolu Hat (Random, 1995).

  Dixon, Angelo, DL Brothaz: Double Life (Dixon Books, 2001).

  Dixon, Melvin, Trouble the Water (U of Colorado P, 1988).

  ———, Vanishing Rooms (Dutton, 1991).

  Duplechan, Larry, Eight Days a Week (Alyson, 1985).

  ———, Blackbird (Alyson, 1986).

  ———, Tangled Up in Blue (Alyson, 1990).

  ———, Captain Swing (Alyson, 1993).

  Gomez, Jewelle, The Gilda Stories (Firebrand, 1991).

  Gordon, John R., Black Butterflies (Gay Men’s, 1993).

  ———, Skin Deep (Gay Men’s, 1997).

  Hardy, James Earl, B-Boy Blues: A Seriously Sexy, Fiercely Funny, Black-on-Black Love Story (Alyson, 1994).

  ———, 2nd Time Around (Alyson, 1996).

  ———, If Only for One Night (Alyson, 1997).

  ———, The Day Eazy-E Died (Alyson, 2001).

  Harris, E. Lynn, Invisible Life (Consortium, 1991).

  ———, Just as I Am (Doubleday, 1994).

  ———, And This Too Shall Pass (Doubleday, 1996).

  ———, If This World Were Mine (Doubleday, 1997).

  ———, Abide with Me (Doubleday, 1999).

  ———, Not a Day Goes By (Doubleday, 2000).

  ———, Any Way the Wind Blows (Doubleday, 2001).

  Jackson, Brian Keith, The View from Here (Pocket, 1997).

  ———, Walking Through Mirrors (Pocket, 1998).

  Kay, Jackie, Trumpet (Random, 1999).

  Keene, John, Annotations (New Directions, 1995).

  Kenan, Randall, A Visitation of Spirits (Grove, 1989).

  Lee, Helen Elaine, The Serpent’s Gift (Simon, 1994).

  ———, Watermarked (Simon, 1999).

  Mickelbury, Penny, Keeping Secrets: A Gianna Maglione Mystery (Naiad, 1994). ———, One Must Wait: A Carol Gibson Mystery (Simon, 1998).

  Muhanji, Cherry, Her: A Novel (Aunt Lute, 1990).

  Naylor, Gloria, The Women of Brewster Place (Viking, 1983).

  ———, Linden Hills (Penguin, 1986).

  ———, Bailey’s Cafe (Harcourt, 1992).

  Parker, Canaan, The Color of Trees (Alyson, 1992).

  ———, Sky Daddy (Alyson, 1997).

  Powell, Patricia, The Pagoda (Knopf, 1998).

  Randall, Alice, The Wind Done Gone: A Novel (Houghton, 2001).

  Rollins, Ricc, Like Breathing (Ishai Creative Group, 1998).

  Rose, Odessa, Water in a Broken Glass (Caille Nous, 2000).

  S
apphire, Push (Knopf, 1996).

  Scott, Darieck, Traitor to the Race (Dutton, 1995).

  Scruggs, Michangelo, Blood Thicker Than Water (Footprint Media, 2001).

  Sinclair, April, Coffee Will Make You Black (Hyperion, 1994).

  ———, Ain’t Gonna Be the Same Fool Twice (Hyperion, 1996).

  ———, I Left My Back Door Open (Hyperion, 1999).

  Teamer, Blaine, Shady (iUniverse, 2000).

  Thompson, H. Nigel, Spirits in the Dark (Heinemann, 1994).

  Watson, K. Rhydell, From Mardi Gras wit’ Love (Sheken, 1997).

  Williams, John A., Clifford’s Blues (Coffee House, 1999).

  Woodson, Jacqueline, Autobiography of a Family Photo (Dutton, 1994).

  Wright, Bil, Sunday You Learn How to Box (Scribner, 2000).

  Youngblood, Shay, Soul Kiss (Riverhead, 1997).

  ———, Black Girl in Paris (Riverhead, 2000).

  Young Adult Novels and Children’s Books DeVeaux, Alexis, Na-ni (Harper, 1973).

  ———, Spirits in the Street (Doubleday, 1973).

  ———, Don’t Explain: A Song of Billie Holiday (Harper, 1980). ———, Adventures of the Dread Sisters (self-published, 1982).

  ———, An Enchanted Hair Tale (Harper, 1987).

  Woodson, Jacqueline, Last Summer with Maizon (Delacorte, 1990). ———, Martin Luther King Jr. and His Birthday (Silver, 1990).

  ———, The Dear One (Delacorte, 1991).

  ———, Maizon at Blue Hill (Delacorte, 1992).

  ———, Between Madison and Palmetto (Delacorte, 1993).

  ———, The Book Chase (Bantam, 1994).

  ———, I Hadn’t Meant to Tell You This (Delacorte, 1994).

  ———, From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun (Scholastic, 1995).

  ———, The House You Pass on the Way (Delacorte, 1997).

  ———, We Had a Picnic This Past Sunday (Hyperion, 1997).

  ———, Lena (Dell, 1999).

  ———, If You Come Softly (Puffin, 2000).

  ———, Miracle’s Boys (Thorndike, 2000).

  ———, Sweet, Sweet Memory (Putnam, 2000).

  ———, The Other Side (Putnam, 2001).

  ———, Our Gracie Aunt (Hyperion, 2001).

  NONFICTION

  Autobiography, Biography, Letters, and Memoir